Basque Cinema (Basque Textbooks Series) - Softcover

Martí-Olivella, Jaume

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1877802190 ISBN 13: 9781877802195

Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press, 2003

Synopsis

Discussing Basque films including Maité, Butterfly’s Wings, and many others, this entry into the Basque Textbook Series recounts the history and cultural significance of Basque filmmaking through the lens of media and literary studies. Author Jaume Martí-Olivella explores how questions of Basque culture and national identity have been portrayed in exemplary films ― the pastoral idyll in Tasio, the ETA in Mikel’s Death, the role of the migrant in Maité ― and reveals the profound conversations Basque cinema enters into with its audiences and the culture(s) to which they belong. Basque Cinema, as the first English-language textbook devoted to the study of Basque film, offers a comprehensive portrayal not only of Basque filmmaking itself, but also how it is situated within the world’s filmic and literary traditions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1877802190
• ISBN 13: 9781877802195
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 147